Harry Potter e-books now available to muggles

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The Hunger Games may have had a heck of an opening weekend, but let's not forget who the top box office spot belongs to: a certain bespectacled boy wizard. Roughly a decade and half after the publication of the first book in the series -- and after several months of promises -- the ultra-popular series has finally made its way onto e-readers like the Kindle and Nook. A couple of days after announcing the rather pricey Wizard's Collection, J.K. Rowling's books have hit the Pottermore site,...
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Sales of ebooks up 38% thanks to bestsellers such as Heston at Home and Harry Potter box setBloomsbury Publishing has reported a bumper Christmas with sales of ebooks up 38%, thanks to bestsellers... | Guardian – 2012-01-16

Film and TV division more than doubles its profits in third quarterTime Warner has raised its full-year earnings guidance after reporting that profits at its film division more than doubled in the... | Guardian – 2011-11-02

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 01/09/2011 - 08:51 Readers will be able to download the e-book of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for free with the limited edition model of... | The Bookseller – 2011-09-01

To fill the void left by the blockbuster series, publishers are making big bets on new authors. The global marketing push behind a tale of young magicians in love.
| The Wall Street Journal – 2011-08-19

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Thu, 18/08/2011 - 15:17 Titan has acquired an accompaniment to the Harry Potter film franchise, which drew to a close this summer with Harry Potter and... | The Bookseller – 2011-08-18

Scam artists are selling fake early access to the Pottermore Web site or asking for personal data to register an "account." Either way, you're going to be sorry if you interact with them.
| PC World – 2011-08-05

According to Greg Palast -- an American journalist who says he and J.K. Rowling became "buds" when they "shared the bestseller list" in England "years ago" -- J.K. Rowling considered ending the Harry... | Salon.com – 2011-07-21

In October of this year, youll be able to grab a butterbeer, pull up a chair, and log on to Pottermore, the new virtual world for all things Harry Potter. It isnt clear just yet what the sites... | AdWeek – 2011-06-24

LONDON  Harry Potter battled the forces of evil and now is set to conquer the Web  coming to e-books in a groundbreaking deal that has delighted fans but alarmed the book industry that helped... | Boston.com – 2011-06-24

LONDON (Reuters) - The seven Harry Potter novels will be available in ebook form in October, author J.K. Rowling said on Thursday at the launch of a new interactive online website Pottermore... | Reuters – 2011-06-23

British author J.K. Rowling announces her seven Harry Potter novels will be sold as e-books starting in October, ending the boy wizard's status as one of the highest-profile holdouts against digital... | CBC – 2011-06-23

Online campaign builds up excitement but the revelation of an eighth Harry Potter book seems unlikelyHarry Potter fans are on tenterhooks before a press conference in which JK Rowling has promised to... | Guardian – 2011-06-21

Arthur Ransome's beloved books could be the next big children's film franchise, as BBC plans to ramp up the action and realityIt's being billed as a "white-knuckle-ride action adventure" that could... | Guardian – 2011-05-17

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling brought a second French Legion of Honor award into her family on Tuesday, decades after her great-grandfather received the honor for battlefield courage during World... | AP via Yahoo! News – 2009-02-03

A "Harry Potter" fan and Web site operator said Friday he's going ahead with publishing an encyclopedia after losing a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by the author of the massively popular... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2008-12-05

NEW YORK -- A publisher who lost his bid to print a Harry Potter encyclopedia written by Grand Rapids native Steven Vander Ark will appeal a federal judge's decision that the book constituted... | MLive.com – 2008-11-14

Breaking Dawn, the heavily embargoed final novel in American author Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, was published in the UK yesterday, and sold over 20,000 copies in its first 24 hours on sale
| Guardian – 2008-08-05

When children's author Harry Horse and his terminally ill wife were found dead in each other's arms, the world accepted that they had taken their lives with painkillers in a suicide pact.
| Daily Mail – 2008-07-14

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling will return to the publishing world with a new adult book, whose title has not been named, Rowling said in a statement on Thursday. The writer,... | Yahoo! News – 2012-02-23

(02-27) 08:03 PST New York (AP) -- Harry Potter e-books are coming to schools and libraries, at a date to be determined. OverDrive Inc., a leading distributor for the school and library markets,... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2012-02-27

Pottermore has partnered with e-book company Overdrive to bring electronic versions of the 'Harry Potter' series to libraries and schools in five languages. | The Christian Science Monitor – 2012-02-28

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The "Harry Potter" saga may have seen the end of its run in the movie theaters, but J.K. Rowling's wizardly brain child will live on in the world's libraries. British... | Yahoo! News – 2012-02-28

It didn't take a Hogwarts magician to know this day would eventually come.
The bookstore feature of J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website went live Tuesday, enabling English-language readers to buy the... | AllThingsD – 2012-03-27

Author J.K. Rowling has chosen to do a number of interesting things with the launch of the e-book versions of her Harry Potter series. While not everyone wields as much power as Rowling, there are... | GigaOM – 2012-03-28

When the Harry Potter books finally went on sale in electronic form on Tuesday, it was as if Harry himself had cast the "Alohomora" spell on them -- the one that unlocks doors. | Boston.com – 2012-03-28

It's been a week since the Pottermore shop launched -- making the Harry Potter e-books and digital audiobooks available (legally) for the first time. One week in, how is Harry selling? | GigaOM – 2012-04-04

NEW YORK (Reuters) - J.K. Rowling, whose "Harry Potter" fantasy book series became a global publishing phenomenon, is writing her first novel for adults but the title and plot are still a... | Yahoo! News – 2012-02-23

Members of the Amazon Prime subscription program will be able to read "Harry Potter'' e-books for free through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, a move intended to encourage consumers to buy Kindle... | The New York Times – 2012-05-10

Amazon will make all seven Harry Potter e-books available in the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. "It's a commercial deal that makes sense even with a level of cannibalization of sales," Pottermore... | GigaOM – 2012-05-10

Amazon will never run out of copies of Harry Potter e-books from its Lending Library. Thanks to a new agreement with Pottermore, on June 19th the entire seven-book collection will be among the... | Engadget – 2012-05-11

Owners of Amazon.com's Kindle e-readers and tablets will be able to borrow Harry Potter e-books in a move designed to encourage more people to use the devices and sign up for the company's Prime... | San Jose Mercury News – 2012-05-11

Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.Amazon.com announced Thursday that on June 19, the e-book editions of J.K. Rowling's seven Potter novels will become part of the Kindle service... | Crains New York – 2012-05-11

Pottermore has partnered with Kobo to make the Harry Potter e-books available on Kobo devices. Pottermore has similar arrangements with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and Google (but not Apple yet). | GigaOM – 2012-05-17

Fancy dipping back into the world of Quidditch and Dumbledore? Or maybe you shunned the whole Pottermania thing until now. Either way, if you own a Kindle, you can finally get up to speed without... | Engadget – 2012-06-19

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author J.K. Rowling launched an online book club for young readers on Tuesday and will appear in a live global webcast in October from Edinburgh, Scotland, to speak with her fans... | Reuters – 2012-07-31

In the market for a new e-reader? One could certainly do worse than Sony's Reader line. The company's been packing features onto its devices, and the already leaked latest entry is no different, with... | Engadget – 2012-08-16

Kazu Kibuishi, writer and illustrator of the 'Amulet' graphic novel series, created seven new covers for paperback editions of the 'Harry Potter' novels, to be released on the 15th anniversary of the... | The Christian Science Monitor – 2013-02-13

Universal Studios in Hollywood will raze the 41-year-old Gibson Amphitheatre to make way for its coming Harry Potter attraction, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Universal Studios in Hollywood... | Los Angeles Times – 2013-04-25

A first edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with the author's scribbles about the Hogwart's coat of arms and other details of the wizarding universe sold for £150,000... | CBC – 2013-05-22

A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in J.K. Rowling's phenomenally selling 7-part series, has been acquired for 150,000 pounds (or $227,421)... | The Atlantic Wire – 2013-05-22

Google has added images of the Diagon Alley set from the 'Harry Potter' movies to its Street View function, allowing users to virtually walk through the magical shopping center. | The Christian Science Monitor – 2013-07-18

The birthday of Harry Potter falls on July 31 (which also happens to be the birthday of J.K Rowling). In the Potter universe, the days are usually eventful ones. | The Christian Science Monitor – 2013-08-01

The new 'Harry Potter' covers, by artist and writer Kazu Kibuishi, were created to honor the 15th anniversary of the US publication of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.' | The Christian Science Monitor – 2013-08-15

A new book by a University of Vermont professor found that 'Harry Potter' fans have similar views on political topics – with a large majority in opposition to the George W. Bush administration. | The Christian Science Monitor – 2013-08-17

TORONTO -- Not long ago, Daniel Radcliffe traded in his black-rimmed Harry Potter glasses for a bold acting choice. And he has never looked back.
Now the 24-year-old actor's at the Toronto... | The Huffington Post – 2013-09-08

The Muggle world may be battling an eternal bout of "Harry Potter" nostalgia, but Daniel Radcliffe is doing just fine without the boy wizard. The 24-year-old actor told a Toronto International Film... | The Huffington Post – 2013-09-10

These teenage exorcists have a target in their sights as they arrive in London to battle demons -- Harry Potter.
Brynne Larson, 18, Tess Sherkenback, 18, and her sister Savannah, 21, have been... | The Huffington Post – 2013-09-12

LONDON — J.K. Rowling's world of wizardry is coming back to the big screen – but without Harry Potter.
Film studio Warner Bros. announced Thursday that Rowling will write the screenplay... | The Huffington Post – 2013-09-12

"Harry Potter" readers have longed for a continuation of J.K. Rowling's boy-wizard series, namely in the form of an eighth book. That pipe dream isn't happening yet, but Rowling does have one more... | The Huffington Post – 2013-09-12

J.K. Rowling will write a screenplay for Warner Bros. inspired by her book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."Warner Bros. is hoping "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has another magic trick... | Los Angeles Times – 2013-09-13

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling delighted fans last week when she made an announcement with Warner Bros. that she has plans to continue the world of the famed boy wizard.
"I can't talk really... | The Huffington Post – 2013-09-18

Wedding cinematographer Jaysin Osterkamp's proposal to his Harry Potter-obsessed girlfriend was full of all the magic, twists and turns of a J.K. Rowling novel.
In a video posted to Vimeo on... | The Huffington Post – 2013-09-21

On Tuesday, we ran an interview with "Gravity" director Alfonso Cuarón where he reminisced about working with his "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" star Daniel Radcliffe. Cuarón said of... | The Huffington Post – 2013-10-02